Drug arrest made in Ascension home-invasion incident

Drug arrest made in Ascension home-invasion incident

GONZALES — Ascension Parish sheriff’s deputies arrested another individual on drug counts who authorities say was present during a home-invasion robbery on Ashland Road last week in which the resident was shot several times.

Nathan Braud, 44, 45242 Stringer Bridge Road, St. Amant, was arrested Monday night and booked into Ascension Parish Prison on a count of distribution or manufacture with intent to distribute Schedule II drugs, two counts each of possession of Schedule I and III drugs and single counts each of possession of Schedule II and IV drugs, deputies said Tuesday in a news release.

Deputies said they searched Brent “Smoke” York’s mobile home on Ashland Drive where the shooting occurred Oct. 10 and found a large amount of methamphetamine, marijuana, Xanax and ecstasy, or MDMA.

Deputies have said Braud was in the mobile home with York and three others in the early morning hours of Oct. 10 when a woman and three armed men broke in, announcing themselves as the “police” and demanded money.